ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,284, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Steel sheet having excellent hydrophilicity and conductivity" was invented by Jonghee Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jieon Park (Pohang-si, South Korea), Kwangmin Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Bosung Seo (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Jinsuk Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a steel sheet having excellent hydrophilicity and conductivity. The steel sheet having excellent hydrophilicity and conductivity according to an embodiment may include a joint structure on the steel sheet, wherein the joint structure includes microprotr...